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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	believe_v	faith_n	heart_n	1,406	5	5.2966	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01023	Britaines glorie, or An allegoricall dreame: with the exposition thereof. Containing [brace]the heathens infidelitie, the Turkes blasphemie, the popes hypocrisie, Amsterdams varietie, the Church of Englands veritie [brace] in religion. And in our Church of England, [brace] the kings excellency. His issues integritie. The nobles and gentries constancie. The councels and iudges fidelitie. The preachers puritie. The bishops sinceritie. / Conceiued and written by Robert Carlyle gent. for the loue and honour of his king and country.	Carliell, Robert, d. 1622?	1618 (1618)	STC 4650; ESTC S91360	33,166	58

of Aduersitie Isa 30.20 For it is Tabacco it is the black seed of blasphemy which they haue sowen a horrible contempt and defiance of the Gospell and an approbrious iniurie and violence done to Christ himselfe worse then the blasphemie of Pharaoh saying who is the Lord that I should heare his voice and let Israel goe I know not the Lord neither will I let Israell goe Exod. 5.2 Worse then the blasphemie of Olofernes saying Who is God but Nebuchadonozor Iudith 6.2.5 Worse then the blasphemie of the Pharises that said Christ cast out Deuils by Belzebub the chiefe of Deuils Luke 11.15 For the Turke yet cease not to defie and blaspheme Christ Iesus that was crucified about 1585. yeares past terming himselfe in derision and scorne of the Sauiour of the World occupier and possessor of the Tombe of the hanged God of the Iewes And in the Gates of their Temples I tremble to thinke of their deuillish rebellion against the Lord they place the Image of Christ hanging vpon the Crosse with his head downwards when they haue taken a Christian and they force him either to turne to their abhominable Religion or else put him to extreame and miserable slauery in which desperate case many Christians are drawne to reuolt from their faith and belieue in Mahomet and then when the Christians enter into their Church they are constrained to spurne that Image on the face in despight and defiance Let the World iudge what they doe to Christ himselfe in their hearts when to his Image they are so despightfull For which cause this their odious blasphemie is compared to that stinking weede Tabacco For as Tabacco being suckt into the mouth causeth men to euacuate a noisome choaking smoake and maketh the body of Man blacke and vncleane within so doth their profession their faith in their Religion make their soules black and cause filthie blasphemies to come out of their mouthes as it is written of Antichrist He opened his mouth vnto blasphemie against God to blaspheme his name and his Tabernacle and them that dwell in Heauen Reuelation 13.6 One bade me taste Satan hath beene a Tempter from the beginning and is 1. Thess 3.5 and consequently the wicked which are the Children of the Deuill are alwaies ready to seduce and deceiue the Children of God and cause them to forsake God if it were possible but such are enemies to Christ deceiuers Many deceiuers are entred into the World which confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh He that is such a one is a deceiuer and an Antichrist 2. Iohn 1.7 the Angell bad me leaue For that would me quite of my life bereaue By the corruption of nature we daily commit sinnes of infirmitie but such as belong vnto the Lord shall be kept and preserued by his grace from falling into heinous sinnes such as blasphemie is we are deliuered from the snares of death the delusions of the Deuill and the temptations of the wicked by the infusion of Gods spirit and the illumination of the Gospell The Lord knoweth to deliuer the godly out of temptation 2. Peter 2.9 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience therefore I will deliuer thee from the houre of temptation Reuel 3.10 6. For this is not a man as you suppose But a blacke fiend which humane shape assumes That takes Tobacco thus through mouth and nose And brings from Hell these deuillish perfumes The first man Adam was made a liuing soule 1. Cor. 15.45 After the Image of God according to his owne likenesse Gen. 1.26 That is in righteousnesse and true holinesse Ephe. 4.24 and continued in that state vntill his fall The last Adam was made a quickning spirit 1. Cor. 15.45 that is Christ bringeth vs from Heauen the spirit of life whereby we are now in the state of Grace Of which state the Turkes haue no part because they denie and defie Christ So then the Turkes are the Children of the Deuill according as Saint Iohn writeth Cap. 8.44 Yee are of your father the Deuill and the lusts of your father you will doe As for their Blasphemie of all the sinnes in the World that man can commit it is so high presumptuous against our Sauiour that died for vs that the very light of our naturall vnderstanding without any further probation of Scriptures will tell our hearts and consciences with feare and trembling if we haue any conscience at all or except we haue a seared conscience that it is the very workes of darknesse hellish damnable and deuillish and if there be any spirit of error and wickednesse worse then Deuils it is their inuention and Doctrine For Deuils know and confesse Christ Luke 4.41 Oh miserable and wretched people that hauing the shape of men they should be worse then Deuils I started back seeing it was a Deuill And praied good Angell saue me from this euill By the starting back is meant that we should not keepe company with the wicked blasphemers of Christ but flie from them Put away therefore from among your selues that wicked Man 1. Cor. 5.13 which is spoken of those which are without that is which are not subiect to Gods word and to the Discipline of the Church The last verse signifieth that wee ought to pray in the Holy-Ghost Iude 20. ver Edifie your selues in your most holy Faith praying in the Holy-Ghost And Math. 6.9 Christ himselfe commandeth vs to pray thus Our Father c. but deliuer vs from euill c. 7. Be not afraid quoth he Heere is to be obserued the singular loue of Christ that in any feare or danger he will comfort and strengthen such as belong to him Iohn 16.33 Christ speaking to his Disciples saith In the World yee shall haue affliction but be of good comfort I haue ouercome the World Wherefore let vs say with the Apostle Paul 2. Cor. 1.3.4 Blessed be the God euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ the Father of mercie and the God of all comfort which comforteth vs in all our tribulation that we may be able to comfort them which are in any affliction by the comfort wherewith we our selues are comforted of God thou shalt that see Before that we depart this wicked Land Which neuer eye beheld Sometimes the Lord sheweth signes and wonders that his power may be knowne Exod. 34.10 Sometimes for the confirmation of the Doctrine of them that beleeue and establishing of their faith Mark 16.17 Sometimes preceeding the day of iudgement Math. 24.29.30.31 So is it also with his sights hearings and apparitions Iosua 5.13.14.15 2. King 7.6.7 Acts 16.9 18.9 And then to mee Appear'd damn'd creatures in the flames to stand Heere is the iust iudgement of the Lord seene vpon the wicked for their vnbeliefe He that will belieue and be baptized shall be saued but he that will not belieue shall be damned Mar. 16.17 For the time is come that iudgement must begin at the house of God If it first begin at vs